What the wags have called Braveheart 2 came out this week on Netflix, and being a medievalist nerd, I was all about it. It is a more accurate film that Braveheart in several respects. For one, it gives us the real struggle Robert the Bruce had in claiming the throne of Scotland. None of this… Read More Quick Review: The Outlaw King
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We are writers. That means our tools of the trade are words. Most of us — but not all — are more fascinated with words than we should be. So, why is it most writing books say nothing about words, except perhaps for telling you things like “eschew all…
This is a useful reminder…
Pursuant to Yesterday’s post, here’s new covers for old works. One is a glorified essay, the other a “Long Short Story” (Novellette?). They’ve been published a while, but I’ve never liked their cover art. These are better: I do the philosophical justifications of Rebellion, as understood by The Bible, by Jefferson, by Marx. It’s a… Read More New Cover Art, Right of Revolution and Little Guerrilla Platoons
I’m definitely an agnostic on National Novel-Writing Month. I’m not down on it, and if someone wants to take the moment as a inspiration to create, I’m the last guy to wrinkle my nose at such. Write, you guys. Write like the wind. But I also don’t participate. I’ve got a few reasons for this:… Read More I Don’t NaNoWriMo, But I Do Self-Publish
Prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein had been ruling that country with an iron fist for over three decades. He had prepared the way for a dynasty: his second son Qusay was his intended successor, and by all reports, Qusay was a chip off the old man’s block. Had things proceeded according… Read More Caligulia, Dictatorship, and Monarchy
All kinds of bad craziness. We have three, count ’em, three, chapters of Ulysses and the Fugitive, in which the aliens start taking over and sending their agents to do their bidding. Then Drunk Vampire Hunter makes a return for When’d He Go?, which is absolutely a pun on the name of the cannibal monster from Native… Read More Monsters and Aliens for October – Unnamed Journal 16
I’m tired of being right all the time.
Every now and again I catch myself with a free evening to catch a movie. Usually the little ones are off somewhere, or I’m off somewhere, and I have some hours to spare. Inevitably I have the same conversation with myself or others: “What’s playing?” “Anything I want to see?” “Anything possibly entertaining?” “Hell with… Read More Why I Don’t Go To the Movies Anymore
Yep. That’s a thing that happened. You know, I didn’t walk out of the theater disliking The Last Jedi. Quite the contrary. I enjoyed it. My whole family – all SW fans in general, none quite as obsessive as me – liked it, too. When the Vice Admiral Hole-Card jumped to light speed right into the… Read More Rian Johnson Blames Critical Reception of The Last Jedi on Russian Trolls
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